[babble-on]

Yeah, he's never heard of Tevyeh?

Incidentally, one of the big reasons there were so few Jewish farmers was of course the fact that there were not allowed to own land in the old country. That'll put a hitch in the development of agrarian skills.

[babble-on]

but they weren't really farmers, the common word was "peasants"

[adam_az]

"Incidentally, one of the big reasons there were so few Jewish farmers was of course the fact that there were not allowed to own land in the old country."

They tended to be landless farmers, serfs who leased the land they farmed.